How did I go from being the maiden in a fairy tale to a wretched old maids so quickly? It happened almost without my realizing it...

People have to snatch at happiness when they can, in this world. It is always easier to lose than to find...

Something inexorable seeds itself in the place of your origin. You can never escape the bonds of family history, no matter how far you travel.

It's painful to hold out hope for the things that once brought you joy. You have to find ways to make yourself forget.

My heart is shattered, an all that's left are jagged shards.

I remember her words to me when I left school: Your mind will be your comfort. It is, sometimes. And sometimes it isn't.

I couldn't have imagined how much more there was to lose.

I ... am left with the lingering feeling that the places we go in our minds to find comfort have little to do with where our bodies go.

The older I get, the more I believe that the greatest kindness is acceptance.

To get it all done I have to dim my brain, turn it down by notches like the flat-turn knob on a gas lantern, leaving only a nub of flame.

Do our natures dictate the choices we make, I wonder, or do we choose to live a certain way because of circumstances beyond our control?

If you have a strong stomachread on.

Americans are hidden dragons to me.

I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done.

Vadim changed my mind about acting. Vadim was the only man who was certain I had something special to offer.

There's a lot of great stuff on TV.

If you haven't surprised yourself, you haven't written.

Begin within. If it shows up in your life, it's coming to tell you something about you that you're acting like you don't know. Something about yourself, or your relationship with God.

Without my family, I would be nothing.

The artist's talent sits uneasy as an object of public acclaim, having been so long an object of private despair.

…not a fighter… an adventurer. He doesn’t attack, he engages; He doesn’t defend, he expands; He doesn’t destroy, he transforms; He doesn’t reject, he explores; ….